Really? People know whats good and bad for them? What do you think is in the meat. Where did it come from? How was it processed? What is the acceptable level of carcinogen and Ecoli in the meat? How much genetically modified growth Hormone went into the cow. How much Genetically modified corn went into feeding that cow? How many gallons of fuel did it take to bring it across the country to your table. Hmmmm..... after all you know whats good and bad for you right?

People inherently know what is good or bad for them

Yet that is exactly what advertising seeks to distort. People are taught through advertising a non-intrinsic, artificial and misleading idea of good food.

It is not completely up to the station if they want to stay in business. They are at the mercy of the advertisers for dollars. Media whores will do anything to stay afloat, including selling toxic waste to babies and their mothers. Furthermore if a legacy is selling poison to children, and thats our cultural legacy, then perhaps a new definition is needed don't you think. Media whores used to promote smoking as sophistication, tape worms for weight loss, cocaine as a safe alternative to pot. Need I say more. Screw those guys man, come on....think about it, they will tell you anything you want to hear to get into your wallet.

I understand what your saying. But to condone the distribution of toxins to the masses under the lie of food is unethical. As a smoker I understand that there are no ads on TV selling cigarettes. I know the harm involved in smoking. Why? Because there is truth in cigarette advertising. "Warning causes Cancer and Death." There is no truth in the ad for a Big-Mac. It's doesn't say, may cause heart failure and diabetes on it, but it should because it's the ethical thing to do. In the same vein as a Twinkie, would it be OK for me to sell blow-pops to kids with just a small amount of arsenic in them? It's just a little to add flavor and color? How bout if I didn't put that it contained arsenic on the label? Are you still going to fight for my right to sell it?

I'm not trying to legislate what people should eat, drink, smoke, snort, chew, shoot-up, or whatever. Free will and all. Advertisers are simply unethical.

I would also support the PTB as well. As someone who understands that nearly all vitamins have no useful qualities at all since nearly all of them can't be metabolized in the body. They pass through the gut right into the waste stream. So it's snake oil. You can research this on your own accord and will find it to be true. Again it comes down to ethics.

But I agree that it comes down to choice, but a choice made on erroneous, or false information provided by a company is simply wrong, and to advocate the misleading of consumers based on constitutionality is pretty weak. If companies took it upon themselves to act responsibly then perhaps they wouldn't have to be legislated into compliance. It's unfortunate there has to be an FDA at all, but business rarely acts in the interest of the consumer, but rather only in the interest of their shareholders and CEO's. Junk food peddlers are no different. They have to be on a leash, because the reality is they don't care about their consumers. If they could put crystal-meth into a burger to make you buy more, you can bet they would get right on that.

Of course we accept that things we prefer will be legislated against, and it's something we all accept. Like I said, I smoke, I pay a crap load of tax for them. I'm not complaining because it's my choice to do so. Tyranny would be to take them away completely. The will of the people is to legislate them with proper labeling, advertising, taxation and such. But hey... if you want it, you can still have it. But like I said before. Selling it to my kids with a clown on the side is out of the question.

Once you know what goes into the products you might feel differently. A Twinkie is hardly a problem when you consider that corn is in nearly every processed product on the planet. (including Twinkies). Monsanto Corn to be precise. A genetically modified bastardized version of corn. Known to cause cancer in animals, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and a host of other illnesses. Nobody except sleazy lawyers and no-faced corporate pigs would find this as acceptable to give and advertise to children or anyone for that matter. Freedom aside, toxic is toxic, and the truth is the truth. Selling a lie is unethical.